Author: Loren Hedgecock | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Spring 2022 Hello, my name is Loren Hedgecock, and I am a biomedical engineering student. Over the course of the 2022 spring grant term, I had the pleasure of working alongside my honors research...
Research Beyond the Lab
Author: Emma Mitchell | Major: Psychology | Semester: Spring 2022 My name is Emma Mitchell, and I am a Junior in the Fulbright College and Arts and Sciences. I am majoring in psychology with minors in human development & family sciences and agribusiness. I just...
Undergraduate Research – Phoebe Bruffett and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Bush Honeysuckle
Author: Phoebe Bruffett | Majors: Biology and Psychology The mechanisms underlying the continual spread of invasive plants within their respective non-native ranges is a major focal point to invasion research. Many theories have been proposed to understand these...
Proline Beyond an Amino Acid
Author: Olivia Mayer | Major: Biology My name is Olivia Mayer and I have just graduated from the University of Arkansas this past spring semester. I graduated with a B.S. in biology, and with a minor in psychology from the Fulbright’s Honors Program. Upon graduation,...
Stress Eating Your Way Through College
Author: Amber Alzufari | Majors: Biology and Psychology My name is Amber Alzufari, and I am a student in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences studying biology and psychology. My mentor is Dr. Grant Shields in the psychology department. I spent the spring...
Final Drafts
Author: Christina Varghese | Major: Sociology My name is Christina Varghese, and I am a sociology major in Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences on a pre-med track. This semester, Spring 2022, I worked under Dr. Brittany Hearne from the Sociology department to...
The influence of MMP14 on angiogenesis in chemotherapy-treated tumors
Author: Abdussaboor Muhammad | Major: Biomedical Engineering Abdussaboor Muhammad is an honors college student in the College of Engineering studying Biomedical Engineering. He researched the relationship that a certain type of protein, MMP14, has with gene expression...
Developing a Device for DNA Research
Author: Kaitlin Bullard | Major: Physics Hello, my name is Kaitlin Bullard. I am a pre-med physics honors major with a biophysics concentration and a math minor. I am working with Dr. Yong Wang in his biophysics lab. I am receiving an Honors College Research Grant for...
A Queer Study: A Look into Personal Reclamation
Author: Hannah Baker | Majors: Social Work and Political Science My name is Hannah L Baker, a recent graduate with degrees in Social Work and Political Science. My honors thesis was titled The Effects of Experiences on the Personal Reclamation of Slurs within the...
Pollination After Dark
Author: Madison Jennings | Major: Biology My name is Madison Jennings, and I am a biology major investigating the synchronization of nocturnal pollinator behavior and apple flower nectar production, under the guidance of Dr. Erica Westerman. Throughout the 2022 spring...